[Discuss] how to change a partition type

[R. McFarlane]

Hello list,

         Does anyone know how to change the type value of a 
partition? I used gparted on the Ubuntu 5.10 live disc to copy a 
fat32 partition from one drive to another and although the computer 
boots fine, partition magic 8 sees that partition as an ext2 
partition. I have looked at the hex value in partition magic of this 
gparted copied partition and it reports a different value than one of 
my other fat32 partitions.
         Also, on another drive, I have two fat32 partitions but one 
of them somehow is marked as hfs+ instead of fat32. Again, is there a 
way I can change the partition type without destroying the data that 
exists? My only clue is the hex value. I have never hex edited a 
partition type before.

         To recap, I need to change a partition type from hfs+ to 
fat32 and another from ext2 to fat32. Both partitions have existing 
data and as far as I know all that has been messed up is the 
partition type value.

Thanks in advance!


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